Rail-joint.



PATENTED APR. 2 1,f190 3.

RAIL JOINT.

APrLIoATIoN FILED com21. 1902.

A. HAUPTMAN'N.

Noi. 726,057.

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MTN/533.53

"UNITED STAT-ss PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXIS HAUPTMANN, OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK SIEVERT, BEAUMONT, TEXAS.

y RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 726,057, dated April 21, 1903.

Application led October 27,1902. Serial No. 128,847. (No model.) l

To all whom, t vmay concern,.- Y

Beit known thatLALEXIs HAUPTMANN, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of Beaumont,in the county of Jefferson and State of Texas, haveinvent'ed a new and Improved RailJoint, of which the following isa'full, clear, and exact description.

This invention has for its object to provide an absolutely secureand durable connection xo between the meeting ends of railway-rails, as

durable construction, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter. z5 This specification is an exact description of two examplesV of my invention, while the claims dene the actual scope thereof.'

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in which similar characters of `reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views. V Figurel is afplan view of the invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4. represents one of the bed-plates which are applied to the main portions of the rails, 'directly adjacent to the laterallybentendsthereof; and Fig. 5 is a sectional View corresponding to Fig. 3 and illustrating a modilication of the invention.

ct and ZJ indicate the main portions of the rails. These are spiked or otherwise fastened to the ties, as may be desired, and their meeting ends a and h are turned diagonally out- Award, as shown in Figs.` l4 and 2.

c indicates the double-tapered connectingsection, which is in the form of a standard rail, theouter sides of which are tapered off to form two points and the ball of the section c lying directly in the line of the main parts .a and Z9 of the rails. As indicated by the dotthe casings c2.

ted lines in Fig. 2 and by the full lines in Fig. 3, the joint-section c has its base cut away or recessed, as shown at c, so as to receive the base-flanges of the rails a and b, thus etfecting the necessary snug connection between the parts. y

One of the rails-for example, therail ais fastened rigidly to vthe joint-section c by means of the bolts d, as shown, and suitable 6o chairs are provided, which bear on the ties e and furnish a means for fastening the rail enda' and the joint-section c to the ties. These chairs may be of any desired construction. For example, they may be that hereinafter described in connection with the other rail-section b. l In order tosprovide for the necessaryexpansion and contraction of the rails, it is necessary, since the parts a and c are rigidly con- 7o nected, to allow a slight movement of the parts b and c. This iseifected bythe device which will now be described. v

f indicates a bed-plate which lieson the `ties below the, end b o f the rail b and which has a chair g formed thereon or rigidly secured thereto, as may be'desired, this chair projecting upward and inward and engaging the web of the end bof the railh at the outer side thereof. The joint-sections c, at point-s 8o directly over the bed-plates `f,vare formed .with transverselyfdisposed 'casings c2, in

which are located expansive springs h. Into these casings c2 project studs f', which are fastened to or formed integral with the bedplatesf at the ends opposite the chairs g and which project upward andthence inwardinto The' springs h se'rve to press the joint-section c and rail end b firmly yet yieldingly together, and while the parts are 9o normally held with all necessary rigidity this construction nevertheless allows a slight lon.- gitudinal movement of the parts the one relative to the other. The chair devices shown at the end n. of the rail a are illustrated to be the same as those abov'e described; These, however, may or may not be used, as desired.

Fig. 5 illustrates a slight modification in the construction above described, this ,modi- Atication consisting in 'dispensing with the loo chair g.

vIn the modied forni of the invention the bed-platef has a lip f2 turned up thereon to engage the base-flange of the rail-section b', as shown. Otherwise the construction is essentially the same as that before described.

As shown in Figs. i and 2, a bed-plate v) is provided for the tie directly at the meeting ends of the rails, this bed-plate serving to support the parts d', b', and c in the same elevation along the entire length of the joint. 7c indicates bed-plates in which the main parts of the rails are placed, these bed-plates being recessed, as indicated at lc in Fig. 4, to receive the flanges of the rails and having orifices k2, through which the spikes may be passed, these orifices being slightly removed from the side edges of the base-flanges of the rails, so as to prevent the spikes from engaging said edges and interfering with the sliding movement of the rails due to expansion and contraction. B v the arrangement shown the heads of the spikes engage with the top faces of the base-flanges only, and while said spikes thus serve to hold the rails against lateral displacement they do not prevent the free sliding of the rails for the purpose above explained.

Various changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of my invention may be resorted to at will without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. Hence I consider myself entitled to all such variations as may lie within the scope of my claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The combination of meeting rails having laterally-offset ends, and a joint-section lying against said offset ends and tapered at each end so as to lie in the line of the main portions of the rails, said joint-section being rigidly fastened to one rail and slidably engaged with the other.

2. The combination of meeting rails havinglaterally-oset ends, a joint-section lying against said offset ends and tapered at each end so as to lie in the line of the main portions of the rail, means for rigidly fastening the joint-section to one rail, and means for yieldingly pressing the joint-section against the other rail.

3. The combination of meeting rails having laterally-offset ends, a joint-section lying against said offset ends and tapered at each end so as to lie in the line of the main portions of the rails, means for rigidly fastening the joint-section to one of the rails,and chairs engaged with the other rail and the joint-section at points adjacent thereto, said chairs comprising springs for yieldingly pressing the joint-section and the second-named rail together.

4. The combination with two rail-sections lying side by side, of a bed-plate extending transversely under the rail-sections, an upwardly-projecting chair attached to one end of the bedplate and engaging one of the railsections, and means including a spring, said means bearing between the other rail-section and the second end of the bed-plate, yieldingly to hold the rail-sections engaged.

5. The combination wi th two rail-sections, of a bed-plate extending below them, a chair member connected with one end of the bedplate and engaging one of the rail-sections, a stud carried on the other end of the bed-plate, a casing carried on the other rail-section, into which casing the stud is projected, and a spring located in said casing and engaging the stud.

6. The combination of the meeting rails having laterally-offset ends, a joint-section lying against the said laterally-offset ends, the jointsection being fastened to one end and slidably engaged with the other end, for the purpose specified, and bed-plates engaged by the main portions of the rails, said bedplates allowing sliding movement of the rails in the longitudinal line thereof.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALEXIS HAUPTMANN.

Witnesses:

ADoLPH SCHOENINGER, FRANK SIEVERT. 

